Yosemite

Date: 02/19/07
Park: Yosemite National Park, CA
Condition: Sun and clouds
Start time: around 3:30PM
Length: About 3 Hours
Hiker: JC, Monica, Sarah, Maria, Yvonne
Trail: Ad Hoc
Map: Maps
Pictures: To be posted
Views: We got there and spent some time looking for food. Only the deli is opened. I got a kid's lunch and the peanut butter sandwich is horrible. I knew before I bought it and I got it because it got a gel dessert and an apple.... There was a line at the microwave so it took us a long time to finish lunch. We then decide to go to Vernal/Nevada Falls trail. Then on the shuttle bus, we decided to just go to the Merced river beach and meadows. We just took 2 stops and walk along the river. We took plenty of pictures of the upper falls and half dome. Half dome is hiding behind clouds most of the time. And upper falls have a very high contrast with the Merced River. We also walked to the Lower Falls trail. We even climb the rocks to the base of the Lower Fall... Then we tried to walk back to the parking lot... We saw some deer having their supper. We almost got lost but somehow got it right.... We spend 15 minutes trying to eat a Pamelo after we got to our car.... Some supper I supposed.... I also finished the half peanut butter sandwich... After a couple hours of body temperature. The sandwich tasted a lot better...

Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge

Date: 02/10/07
Park: Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge, Alviso, CA
Condition: Sunny and warm day but windy with clouds there
Start time: around 4:30 PM
Length: About 2 Hours
Hiker: JC, Monica
Trail: Ad Hoc
Map: None
Pictures: http://jc-studios.smugmug.com/gallery/2487451
Views: We got off at the Alviso Marina. We did not hike long, we just hike a short while and were distracted by sea gulls.... Lots and lots of sea gulls. The were flying towards us, non-stop. We got there just in time for the setting sun also... So both me and Monica took pictures of the birds, the setting sun, the clouds, the bay waters and each other taking pictures. There were trains going by also. Our hands are freezing after dark.

Memorial County Park

Date: 02/03/07
Park: Memorial County Park, Pescadero, CA
Condition: Sunny, warm, hazy
Start time: around 1:30 PM
Length: Less than 3 Hours
Hiker: JC, Maria, Monica
Trail: http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/memorial.html
Map: Here
Pictures: http://jc-studios.smugmug.com/gallery/2429844
Views: There are a lot of redwood trees and fir. The trail is quite shady. The trail is a little bit soft but not very muddy. Lots of obsticles on the path, trigs, branches, trees, and places with very narrow trail. We saw a few banana slugs. Monica almost slip and fell off the cliff. JC has to rest a few times going up the trails but is not too bad for this out of shape gal..... Another funny story, JC put the yellow ticket on the dash board after we paid at the self registration kiosk. After we parked, the ticket slipped in the defrost air duct of my car. I tried to get it out and it slipped in further. Finally, we just write a slip that we paid the registration fee. JC is so stupid.